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The only survivor did not come back alone. We review Russian sci-fi Sputnik (2020), available on Netflix.  

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Summary: At the height of the Cold War, a Soviet spacecraft crash lands after a mission gone awry, leaving the commander as its only survivor. After a renowned Russian psychologist is brought in to evaluate the commander's mental state, it becomes clear that something dangerous may have come back to Earth with him.

Written and presented by Robin Bailes @robinbailes  Directed and Edited by Graham Trelfer  Lockdown Review S1E67

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Streaming Review: Sputnik (on Netflix)

The only survivor did not come back alone. We review Russian sci-fi Sputnik (2020), available on Netflix. Buy Robin's books (UK) https://amzn.to/2F7Blbf (USA) https://amzn.to/3kmGMD3 Facebook: http://on.fb.me/RvhRdc Twitter: https://twitter.com/DarkCorners3 @DarkCorners3 Summary: At the height of the Cold War, a Soviet spacecraft crash lands after a mission gone awry, leaving the commander as its only survivor. After a renowned Russian psychologist is brought in to evaluate the commander's mental state, it becomes clear that something dangerous may have come back to Earth with him. Special Thanks To Our Patreons THE SHADOWS Matthew Scrivens, Cecelie, James Herington, Jonathan Harrison, Darren Le Noble, Melanie Atherton Allen, Thorbjorn Helstrom, Pvt_Unicorn_Parts, Scott Nesmith, Lisa Kuta, Normand Richardson, Richard Sadler, John Hepp, Thom MacIntyre, Chantelle Corey, John L., Logistical Nightmare, Joseph Hines, Stephen Crane, Connor Brennan, Christopher Eckart, Anthony Strocks, John S. Savage, Dave Church, You Don't Get to Know, Ford, Jasmine Shafer, Allan Liska, Rachemus, Heroes Horrors and Cats, Ben Simpson, Chris Weakley, Colleen Crouch, steve scibelli, Michael and Heather Bailes, Gappasaurus, Joe Niedbala, Christie Bryden, Dan D Doty, Joseph Dougherty, Chris Hewson, Hidden Trail Video, goddessoftransitory, David H. Adler, THE ACOLYTES Miss Angela Hale, Thread Bomb, David Nevarrez, Johnny Compton, Ian Lewis, Dr Strange Blood, Andrew Adams, Barbara Mosley, C, Mark Maillet, John F Barnmholtz, John Wick, SveVid, Kenneth Carlson, Ron Klym, Toonces DCat, Daren Follweiler, James Vance, Rich Osborne, Joe Goes Over, Tom Lanckman, Nancy A. Collins, Gary Mercer, HankD, Ann Knight, Janna Nicole, Clarence Pitre, D Allen spencer, Fritz Rutz, Joe Porter, Tony Breneman, Thomas Brown, Chris Fischer, Brian Kidd, D R Wellington, Ken Smiley, Richard D'Ambrosia, Matt P, Tim Smith, Milton Knight, Michael Schmidt, Michael Dean Jackson, Peter Grantham, Gemma Crowley, Andrew Weber, Picatea, Jim Rockford, Mystic Cyclone, Prince Charming, Kyle Olson, Ch'aska Huayhuaca, Johnathan Henning, James Robertson, Nils Muninsheim, David Pellot, Raven House Mystery, Albertus Magnus, rachael kafrissen, Janne Wass, Robert Freeborn, David Conner, Amber Wesley, Tony Belmonte, Andy M, Dark_Roast, Henry Brennan, Alex B, Mark Buckley, Uwe Marquardt, Russ Chandler, Simon Ash, Lavaughn Towell, Dave Smith, Melissa Hayes, Ida Umphers, THE INITIATES BadgerManBadger. Richard G, Fred Theilig, Callum Mostert, Beanbaka, bourbon fedora70, Sean Herlihy, Godfather Minute, james Steadman, Rob, Kevin Hovis, Helcatz21, Dario, Barbara Collins, Carl Dietz, Chad, Magnús Ingi Sveinsson, Evelyn Williams, Double – U, Jakub Łabeński, Andre, Jeffrey Disharoon, G.Kumar Ashleigh Rose, Claire Chandler, Lorna Smart, Seth Coleman, Joshua Allen, Jeff Pleimling, Barry P., VC, Terry LeCroix, Jim Smith, greg Galanos, Clifford Parson, Karl Bunker, Brian Ullmark, Stephen LaPlante, Greg Hartwick, María Gd, Achar, bob de builder, Michael Schwern, GadgetBlues, , Daniel Robinson, Felix Weißig, Jonathan Sanderson, Derek Summers, Shawn Loftis, David Dennis Written and presented by Robin Bailes @robinbailes Directed and Edited by Graham Trelfer Lockdown Review S1E67 #HorrorMovieReview #DarkCornersReview #StreamingReview Sputnik, Sputnik film, Sputnik film review, Sputnik review, Sputnik 2020, russian sci-fi, russian cinema, alien, Egor Abramenko, Oksana Akinshina, Fedor Bondarchuk, Pyotr Fyodorov, Sputnik: Extraño pasajero, Спутник, creature, soviet union,

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Stephen Crane

This premise was old when Doctor Who did it in 1970 with Ambassadors of Death. But the Russians have a habit of taking old concepts and making them work well. This is no exception.

Anonymous

It kind of reminds me of Quatermass film series. If they wanted to make a good science fiction horror movie they should have gone with the Dyatlov Pass Incident. In 1959 six young people when on deep skiing trip into the wilderness of Russia during the Winter. A military rescue team went looking for them a few days after they failed to return. Their camp had been torn up, the young people had all been found miles away, in their underwear and bare feet, Five of them froze to death, but the other four had been beaten to death, ever bone in their bodies broken. They only clues to what happened was in a single photo they took; someone, or thing standing among the trees. And a single message written in a notebook. THE SNOWMAN EXISTS. Now wouldn't that make a good movie plot?

Anonymous

I really enjoyed this one, I thought it worked well and really did keep the tension building and having that backdrop of the USSR really added something rather that having it set in the now.

Anonymous

I am surprised that no one has made a film or series based on Anatoly Gushchin's novel 'The Price of State Secrets is Nine Lives' which was inspired by the Dyatlov Pass Incident. However the time might have past for that now as there is now a theory, based in science, that does offer a logical solution to the mystery. Here is a video about it from Caitlin Doghatey https://youtu.be/29TKoDwKRcA

Anonymous

I saw Ambassadors of Death when I was a kid and it terrified me so much I decided I would never visit Mars. True:)

Anonymous

I was going to watch this one. I do like a well told Russian movie, they always seem a bit more real.

Anonymous

This looks fantastic! In a weird way what I saw in the review reminds me of Lake Mungo--just that ever escalating "what's really going on?" tension.